ERNEST THOMPSON SETON IN MANITOBA 1882-1892.

Seton, Ernest Thompson. Houston, C. Stuart, Introduction. Preface by Philip A. Horch.

ISBN 10: 0969030304 / ISBN 13: 9780969030300

Published by Premium Ventures / Manitoba Naturalists Society, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1980

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9 1/4" H. "This volume presents a collection of Ernest Thompson Seton's important scientific contributions to the early knowledge of natural history in Manitoba." Contents: Preface; Introduction; A List of the Mammals of Manitoba, 1887 (Foreword by Robert W. Nero); The Birds of Manitoba, 1890-91 (Foreword by C. Stuart Houston); Additions to the List of Manitoba Birds, 1893; Recent Bird Records for Manitoba, 1908; A List of Fishes Known to Occur in Manitoba, 1898 (Foreword by Kenneth H. Doan); A List of the Turtles, Snakes and Batrachians of Manitoba, 1918 (Foreword by William B. Preston). Interior - very small ink mark on inside of rear cover, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear and rubbing. Seller Inventory # 28052

Bibliographic Details

Title: ERNEST THOMPSON SETON IN MANITOBA 1882-1892.

Publisher: Premium Ventures / Manitoba Naturalists Society, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Publication Date: 1980

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

Ernest Thompson Seton [August 14, 1860 – October 23, 1946] was an author (published in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the US), wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 (renamed Woodcraft League of America). This volume presents a collection of Ernest Thompson Seton's important scientific contributions to the early knowledge of natural history in Manitoba. Seton was famous as a writer of superb nature stories which are widely read to this day, and renowned as an artist and as a lecture. He was a major figure in the American Boy Scout movement and Chief Scout from 1910 to 1915. Although a resident of the United States for most of his life, he got his start in nature observation and writing in Manitoba. It is unfortunate that many of his Canadian admirers today are unaware of his Manitoba beginnings and that almost no one remembers that he homesteaded in what is now Saskatchewan.